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Simon Konecki

Simon Konecki

Simon Konecki (born April 17, 1974), is an English business executive. He is the founder of Drop4Drop, a charity aiming to bring clean water to everyone. He is a former investment banker. Konecki was married to famed singer Adele.

Early Life

Konecki lived in New York until age 10 and then moved to London, where he attended the prestigious boys school Eton for two years. He was known as "Swampy" as a child. [4]

Career

Konecki served as director of investment group EBS.

While studying in England, Simon met his future business partner, Lucas White.

At the age of 17, Simon became a foreign exchange broker.

At age 24, he started running teams of senior brokers at Lehman Brothers. He left Lehman at age 27 and founded Drop4Drop, a charity to bring clean water to everyone. [4]

Personal Life

In 2004, Konecki wed fashion stylist Clary Fisher. In 2007, Fisher gave birth to their daughter. They divorced in 2008.

In January 2012, Simon was seen vacationing with famed singer Adele in Florida, visiting the Everglades National Park. It was reported that he had started his relationship with Adele before his divorce from Fisher had been finalized, but Adele denies this. On October 19, 2012, Adele and Simon had a child named Angelo Konecki. Adele and Simon currently live together with their son and Adele's dog, Louie. Adele and Simon are married; although the details of their wedding are unknown. Adele confirmed that they had wed by referring to Simon as her husband during her acceptance speech for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2017. [4]

References

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Citation Linkjezebel.comSimon Konecki & Adelemarried.
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Citation Linkrefinery29.comArticle on his marriage.
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comSimon and Adele together.
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Citation Linkadele.wikia.comA wiki about Simon.
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